Search Results - subject:"Software development"

Automating Output Size and Reuse Metrics in a Repository-Based Computer Aided Software Engineering (Case) Environment

Banker, Rajiv D. - 2015

Measurement of software development productivity is needed in order to control software costs, but it isdiscouragingly …

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Repository Evaluation of Software Reuse

Banker, Rajiv D. - 2015

The traditional unit of analysis and control forsoftware managers is the software project, and subsequentlythe resulting application system. Today, with the emerging capabilitiesof computer-aided software engineering (CASE) andcorresponding changes in the development process, productivitygains...

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Software Reuse : Survey and Research Directions

Kim, Yongbeom - 2015

Software reuse is the use of software resources from all stages of the software developmentprocess in new applications. Given the high cost and difficulty of developing high quality software, theidea of capitalizing on previous software investments is appealing. However, software reuse has not...

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Functionality and Expression in Computer Programs : Refining the Tests for Software Copyright Infringement

Samuelson, Pamela - 2015

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Predicting the Intention to Re-Use on Accounting Application Software (The Case of Accurate™ Application Software Users in Indonesia)

Rajasa, Aiaz - 2015

The purpose of this research is to analyze the effect of perceived of enjoyment, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and computer anxiety toward intention to reuse Accurate™ accounting software. The design of this research is causal explanatory research. Data was collected using a...

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Technological Risks of Open Source Software Adoption in the Organizational Context – Linux in Munich (LiMux) Case

Silic, Mario - 2015

This article focuses on how to effectively cope with the open source software (OSS) adoption in the enterprise context. Based on the Linux in Munich case study and the identified technological risks of OSS we show challenges and risks for CIOs and propose recommendations to follow when...

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Shifting to Open Source Is Cheaper

Vrabie, Catalin - 2015

point of view of the big software development companies these events are just new challenges because they afford to have …

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Are Prior User Rights Good for Software?

Vetter, Greg R. - 2015

The America Invents Act (“AIA”) gave modern patent law in the United States a general prior user rights defense. The patent right is enforced via infringement litigation, but enterprises sometimes obtain patents for defensive purposes. Alternately, an enterprise that does not pursue a patent...

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Release Cycle Management : A Contextualist Inquiry into Recurrent Software Development

Syed, Kamran; Mathiassen, Lars - 2015

Software development is increasingly conducted in a recurrent fashion, where the same product or service is … software development. Against this backdrop, this paper presents an action research study into Software Inc., a large multi … delivery, new engineering and product management teams, and low software development process maturity. Asking how release …

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A Research Note on Representing Part-Whole Relations in Conceptual Modeling

Allen, Gove N.; March, Salvatore T. - 2015

Empirical research is an important methodology for the study of conceptual modeling practices. The recently published article "Representing part-whole relations in conceptual modeling: an empirical evaluation" (Shanks et al. 2008) uses the lens of ontology to study a relatively sophisticated...

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